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Table 389. Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 to 2003
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                |                      Elementary               |      Junior high school (lower secondary)    |       Senior high school (upper secondary)
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Country         |   1985|   1990| 1996| 2000| 2001| 2002|   2003|1985|1990|1996|   2000|   2001|   2002|   2003|1985|1990|1996|   2000|   2001|   2002|    2003
________________|_______|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|________
1               |      2|      3|    4|    5|    6|    7|      8|   9|  10|  11|     12|     13|     14|     15|  16|  17|  18|     19|     20|     21|      22
________________|_______|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|________
Australia ......|\1\13.8|   --- | 18.1| 17.3| 17.0| 16.9|   16.6|--- |--- |--- |   --- |    ---|   12.5|\2\12.4| 3.2|--- |--- |   --- |   --- |   12.5|\2\ 12.4
Austria ........|   11.3|   11.6| 12.7| --- | 14.3| 14.4|   14.4| 9.2| 7.7| 9.2|   --- |    9.8|    9.8|   10.0|15.2|12.4| 8.5|   --- |    9.9|   10.3|    10.2
Belgium ........|   --- |   --- | --- | 15.0| 13.4| 13.1|   13.1|--- |--- |--- |   --- |   --- |    9.3|   10.6|--- |--- |--- |   --- |   --- |    9.3|     9.6
Canada .........|   18.1|   17.1| 17.0| 18.1| 18.3| --- |   --- |16.0|15.5|20.0|   18.1|   18.4|   --- |   --- |16.0|15.3|19.5|   19.5|   17.2|   --- |    ---
Denmark ........|   12.7|   11.2| 11.2| 10.4| 10.0| 10.9|   10.8|10.2| 9.3|10.1|   11.4|   11.1|   10.9|   10.8|14.8|13.3|12.1|   14.4|   13.9|   14.2|    13.4
                |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |    |    |    |       |       |       |       |    |    |    |       |       |       |
France .........|   --- |   --- | 19.5| 19.8| 19.5| 19.4|   19.4|--- |--- |--- |   14.7|   13.5|   13.7|   13.7|--- |--- |--- |   10.4|   11.2|   10.6|    10.6
Germany\3\ .....|   20.7|   20.3| 20.9| 19.8| 19.4| 18.9|   18.7|16.9|14.6|16.0|   15.7|   15.7|   15.7|   15.6|23.7|21.0|13.1|   13.9|   13.7|   13.6|    13.7
Ireland ........|   --- |   --- | 22.6| 21.5| 20.3| 19.5|   18.7|--- |--- |--- |   15.9|   15.2|   14.3|   13.7| 7.2| 8.3|--- |   --- |   --- |   14.3|    13.7
Italy ..........|   12.8|   10.7| 11.2| 11.0| 10.8| 10.6|   10.9| 9.6| 8.5|10.8|   10.4|    9.9|    9.9|   10.3|10.8|10.7| 9.8|   10.2|   10.4|   10.3|    10.8
Japan ..........|   --- |\1\20.8| 19.7| 20.9| 20.6| 20.3|   19.9|--- |18.6|16.2|   16.8|   16.6|   16.2|   15.7|--- |16.2|15.6|   14.0|   14.0|   13.7|    13.5
                |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |    |    |    |       |       |       |       |    |    |    |       |       |       |
Netherlands ....|   20.2|   19.2| 20.0| 16.8| 17.2| 17.0|   16.0|12.7|12.4|--- |   --- |   --- |   15.9|   15.7|--- |--- |--- |   --- |   --- |   15.9|    15.7
New Zealand ....|   20.1|   19.1| 22.0| 20.6| 19.6| 19.6|   19.9|--- |--- |18.1|   19.9|   18.7|   19.4|   18.8|--- |--- |14.1|   13.1|   12.8|   13.8|    10.9
Norway .........|   --- |   --- | --- | 12.4| 11.6| 11.5|\1\11.7|--- |--- |--- |    9.9|    9.3|   10.3|\1\10.4|--- |--- |--- |    9.7|    9.2|    9.2|\1\  9.2
Portugal .......|   --- |   --- | --- | 12.1| 11.6| 11.0|   --- |--- |--- |--- |   10.4|    9.9|    9.3|   --- |--- |--- |--- |    7.9|    8.0|    7.5|    ---
Spain ..........|   26.8|   21.2| 18.0| 14.9| 14.7| 14.6|   14.3|21.4|18.8|17.8|   --- |   --- |   13.7|   13.3|15.3|14.8|14.2|   --- |   --- |    8.3|     7.9
                |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |    |    |    |       |       |       |       |    |    |    |       |       |       |
Sweden .........|   11.6|   10.6| 12.7| 12.8| 12.4| 12.5|   12.3|10.8|10.2|12.2|   12.8|   12.4|   12.2|   12.1|13.1|11.9|15.2|   15.2|   16.6|   14.1|    14.1
Turkey .........|   31.1|   30.6| --- | 30.5| 29.8| 27.5|   25.9|41.3|48.4|--- |   --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |11.0|12.1|--- |   14.0|   17.2|   17.7|    18.0
United Kingdom .|   19.7|   22.0| 21.3| 21.2| 20.5| 19.9|\2\20.0|--- |18.5|16.0|\2\17.6|\2\17.3|\2\17.6|\2\17.4|11.1|13.9|15.3|\2\12.5|\2\12.3|\2\12.5|\2\ 12.6
United States ..|   17.0|   15.6| 16.9| 15.8| 16.3| 15.5|   15.5|16.5|15.9|17.5|   16.3|   17.0|   15.5|   15.5|16.2|15.8|14.7|   14.1|   14.8|   15.6|    15.6
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\1\Public schools only.
\2\Includes only general programs in lower and upper secondary education.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.
NOTE: In this table, U.S. data for elementary correspond to grades 1 through 6; junior high school corresponds to grades 7 through 9; and senior high school corresponds to grades 10 through 12.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education Online Database; Annual National Accounts, Vol. 1, 1997; and Education at a Glance, 2002 through 2005. (This table was prepared October 2005.)


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